Editing Template:Cite patent/doc (section)

== Parameters	==

The fields should be filled in with the following information
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{cite patent
| country	= <!-- two letter country code -->
| number	= <!-- patent or patent application publication number -->
| inventor	= <!-- list of inventors (free format) -->
| invent1	= <!-- first inventor name -->
| invent2	= <!-- second inventor name -->
| status	= <!-- application/patent -->
| title		= <!-- title -->
| pubdate	= <!-- YYYY-MM-DD -->
| gdate		= <!-- YYYY-MM-DD -->
| fdate		= <!-- YYYY-MM-DD -->
| pridate	= <!-- YYYY-MM-DD -->
| assign1	= <!-- first assignee name -->
| assign2	= <!-- second assignee name -->
| url		= <!-- Explicit URL -->
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

Explanation of fields:
# The country must be the two-letter country code, e.g. "US" or "WO" (for international patent applications); see [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/help/countrycodes here] for the full list of country codes.
# Do not put commas in patent number
# Applications must be identified by publication number
# Add {{para|title|<var>title</var>}} to display the title. '''Required'''
# Add {{para|status|application}} if the citation is a pending application. Preferably include {{para|status|patent}} if a granted patent.
# Add {{para|assign1|<var>assignee</var>}} to display the assignee. Increase the numeral for subsequent assignees. Template currently handles two assignees.
# Add {{para|inventor|<var>inventor list</var>}} to provide the inventor names. Displayed by the template but not used to generate [[#COinS|COinS]] meta data. If {{para|inventor}} is present but blank, no inventor names will be displayed, even if {{para|invent1}} contains a name.
# Add {{para|invent1|<var>inventor last name</var>, <var>inventor first name</var>}} to provide the inventor name. Displayed by the template and also used to generate [[#COinS|COinS]] meta data. Increase the numeral for subsequent inventors. Template currently handles four inventors.
# Add {{para|pubdate|<var>YYYY-MM-DD</var>}} to provide the publication date of an application. This is only displayed if "status=application" is included. For granted patents, use gdate. '''Required if {{para|status|application}}'''.
# Add {{para|gdate|<var>YYYY-MM-DD</var>}} to provide the date of grant of a patent. Is displayed unless "status=application" is included. Preferentially include "status=patent" to confirm that the patent is granted, but this is not required. '''Required unless {{para|status|application}}'''.
# Add {{para|pridate|<var>YYYY-MM-DD</var>}} to provide the (earliest) priority date. Not displayed, but could be useful to include for future reference. Including multiple priorities unnecessarily complicated.
# Add {{para|fdate|<var>YYYY-MM-DD</var>}} to provide the filing date. Not displayed, but used to generate [[#COinS|COinS]] meta data and may prove useful in future.
# Add {{para|url|<var>url</var>}} to provide an explicit URL to the patent information. This is only necessary for patents that aren't present on espacenet.com; typically very old patents.